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the scorpion orion supposedly ran from, still chasing him across opposite ends of the sky.
means a zodiac constellation shaped like a scorpion, marking the sky's stinger-tailed patch near the galactic center.
from greek myth says a scorpion killed the boastful hunter orion, and zeus placed them at opposite horizons so orion still flees whenever scorpius rises.
antaresits heart star, a red supergiant rivaling betelgeuse.
visible tailactually curves, unlike most zodiac sketches.
southern hemispherebest seen there, low and faint up north.
galactic centerpoints almost directly at the milky way's core.
for instance
antares — supergiant 550 light-years away, 700x the sun's size.
butterfly cluster m6 — open star cluster nested in the tail.
ptolemy cluster m7 — naked-eye cluster known since antiquity, cataloged 130 ad.